Community: Scoop on Tricia Helfer’s casting in season 4

Here’s some scoop on Community from this week’s (Posted on 9/11/12) Ask Ausiello column.

Question: Do you have any info on the new season of Community? —Billy

Ausiello: What’s this “or” nonsense you speak of. I’ve got scoop on Community . On the Greendale front, we have Joel McHale to thank for Tricia Helfer’s upcoming cameo as a geek goddess who Abed meets at an Inspector Spacetime convention. “I think [the role] honestly came about because I had met Joel McHale before and I’ve done The Soup,” the Battlestar Galactica knockout tells us. “They approached me about it because they thought it was fun casting. And just the opportunity to work with Joel would be so much fun… I was on board immediately when I heard about it. I think it’ll be a lot of fun; it’s tongue-in-cheek.”

Tricia Helfer and Community! What!? That is a great pair if I have ever heard one. Okay, maybe I’m going a little over board, but in my younger days I had quite the crush on Tricia Helfer, the Battlestar Galactica temptress. She can certainly play sexy. Joel McHale and Helfer should have some fun together, I can’t wait to see it materialize.

Community returns in 37 days with 4×01 ‘History 101.’ The new episode will air on Friday, October 19, 2012 at 8:30pm on NBC. Community stars Joel McHale, Danny Pudi and Donald Glover.